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Martin Morales, the winner of the GQ Food & Drink Innovator Award 2017, has helped set the UK’s culinary agenda ever since opening his first restaurant in London in 2012. Here are his top four dishes (and the finest drinks to pair them with) for you to try at his latest venture, Casita Andina. Enter the prize draw to win 8 of the finest bottles from the GQ Drinks Cabinet.

When Martin Morales first set foot in his local picantería – a type of cosy, family-run restaurant in the Andes – at the age of five, he was instantly hooked by the world of Peruvian gastronomy. The greeting was soul-warming, the vibrant ambience was alluring and with each bite he could taste his country’s rich history.

Since then, he dreamt of one day being part of that culinary world. So, after two decades as a musician, he finally channelled his passion for food, and in 2012 opened his first restaurant, Ceviche (named after his native country’s renowned seafood dish), to critical acclaim. Its success was soon followed by the opening of a twin restaurant (2015) and its siblings, Andina (2013) and Casita Andina (2016).

And it’s the latter restaurant in which Morales aims to recreate the relaxed and informal feel of the picantería. Here, the interior is furnished with a curation of textiles and contemporary art from the Andes, while offering a comforting, home-style Peruvian menu.

So, if classic French and Italian cuisines no longer satiate your inner foodie and you want to get a feel for Peruvian cooking, here are Casita Andina’s four best dishes and the best tipples to pair them with, courtesy of Moët Hennessy.

This fresh seafood offering is sweet yet savoury, smooth yet crunchy and its complexity makes it the perfect accompaniment to Veuve Clicquot’s new flexible auteur wine. With an intense nose and candied citrus notes that are rounded off by that trademark Yellow Label toasty smoothness, Extra Brut Extra Old is a beautifully adaptable drink made to complement even the most technical of dishes.

This aromatic wine is redolent with dark and velvety cherries and thus works extremely well with the rich, meaty lamb slices while its smoke and toasty oak characters also complement the hot chilli used in the dish.

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As a champagne that includes floral notes of linden and acacia, hints of peach and plum and scents of frangipane and vanilla, its ideal to pair with this colourful vegetarian main, which contains sweet beetroot flavours as well as fresh aromas from the Andina herbs.

Awarded Best Highland Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards, Glenmorangie’s Lasanta is a deliciously bold sherry that contains dark chocolate notes and a touch of walnuts. Its sweet, spicy and warm taste is the perfect way to finish a meal alongside this chocolately and exquisite Peruvian dessert.